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TABLE H.
Temperature
of the Air.
Temperature
of ground 3 ft.
below surface.
Rainfall.
Deaths from
Diarrhœa.
Weeks.
1913.
1914.
1914.
1 9 1 3.
1914.
1913.
1913.
1914.
°
ins.
ins.
July
°
°
°
1
60.0
65·8
59·61
62·65
0·52
0·33
-
0·05
0·31
3
57·7
62·5
59·45
63·24
-
0·13
59·5
59·8
59·73
61·80
0·00
2
August
3
61·78
0·09
0·88
5
57·1
59·5
60·24
1
60.10
61·80
9
60.7
64·0
0·14
0·02
6
60·9
62·1
60·58
0·36
0·01
16
62·19
3
62·8
60·62
0·51
0·17
14
64·4
62·48
9
62·48
1·43
0·00
59·1
63·4
60·63
15
18
September
58·0
62·4
59·96
62·40
0·47
12
16
0·06
61·14
0-60
5
54·9
57·1
59·03
0·14
17
60·2
52·5
58·46
58·87
0·13
0·12
12
12
October
58·5
53·8
58·75
0·22
0·00
10
57·34
15
5
52·9
52·9
57·84
56·62
1·28
0·00
7
0·l9
52·8
56·30
55·82
0·l2
5
5
51·3
58·2
59·4
Weekly
average
59·38
60·76
0·39
0·19
8
8
Whooping Cough.
14 deaths were due to this cause, against 47 in 1913. The
deaths occurred in quarters as follows: —1, 9, 1, 3.
Typhus Fever
No deaths occurred from this disease,
Enteric Fever.
2 deaths were due to this cause, both in Bermondsey. The
corresponding figures for 1913 were 2 for the Borough, viz., both
in Rotherhithe.
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular disease in
1914 was 262, against 277 in 1913.
This figure comprises 173 for Bermondsey, 66 for Rotherhithe,
and 23 for St. Olave. Of these, 196 were due to phthisis and 66 to
the other tubercular diseases.
B